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Art Nouveau Lidded Vase with Girl's Portrait, Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), Berlin circa 1892 - Art Nouveau Lidded Vase with Girl's Portrait Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), Berlin circa 1892. White, glazed porcelain. Polychrome and gold painted. Underglaze blue sceptre mark. On the glaze, a red imperial orb. 1st choice. Blue painter's signature: A. Merz and indistinct dating: (18)92. Gilder no. 43. Impressed: P 3, A. H. 36.5 cm. -Lit.: Neuwirth, Waltraud, Porzellanmaler-Lexikon, Vol. II, p. 100. Baluster body, lid with pine cone finial, on the front in a gold-framed reserve a girl's portrait en face in cobalt blue underglaze painting, all-over relief gold decor of fine-lined tendril and lattice work, partially as a frame for various colored background areas in delicate pastel shades. Form model by Friedrich Elias Meyer (1723-1785). -Condition: Scratches in the depiction.